Q. The federal budget includes a 0.5% increase to the Medicare levy for all taxpayers in order to fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Do you think that this is the right approach, or that high income earners should bear a greater share of the cost of funding the NDIS?

Total

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Vote other

Higher income earners should bear a greater share of the cost

56%

69%

44%

58%

62%

Increasing the Medicare levy for all taxpayers is the right approach

27%

15%

45%

23%

20%

Don’t know

17%

16%

11%

19%

17%

56% thought that higher income earners should bear a greater share of the cost of funding the NDIS. Those most likely to think this were ALP voters (69%), those earning between $78k and $104k per year (63%), and other party/independent voters (62%).

Those who thought that increasing the Medicare levy was the right approach were Liberal/National voters (45%), those aged 65+ (35%) and those earning over $104k per year (34%).